Birth - The Opening & The Closeup

Dear Movie Nerds,

Remember a while back when I was railing on and on about how you HAD to see the movie "Birth"? And I even described the riveting opening sequence and the amazingly brave closeup of Nicole Kidman's face, at the opera, when she silently undergoes this amazing internal transformation?

Well, here they are, jerks!

Uploaded to Youtube by some other jerks and posted by this jerk for you.

Here's the amazing opening.



If you don't understand what's so amazing about that, close this window and go watch your DVD of "Transformers". That's pretty much all the cinematic grandeur that you can handle.

Here's the closeup sequence. Now, realize that out of context, this scene won't have a whole lot of emotional resonance. Watch it now for the fascinating editing ("THEY DON'T CUT AWAY! SHOULDN'T THEY CUT AWAY?!? WHY AREN'T THEY CUTTING AWAY?!?") and then rent the freaking movie and learn what Nicole Kidman is thinking about, while she's watching this opera. (Here's a Hint: It ain't the opera that's messing her up like this.)

Check it out.



Now, go rent the movie, you philistines. I've already shown you the highlights clip. Go see the actual movie and get everything else in the film. (Also, the less you know before you go in, the better the film is. So avoid unwarranted online research before you pop the disk in.)

Such a good, good movie.

Cheers,
Mr.B